Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-12-30
THIRD EDITION.
TO wn. n. DOCS II Dslons.

The Gaze Cetwesn tue Board OF Waite
Com mlseiOuors aid tho Levy Court, ln-
volvttg the this TO q portion Of the s!t
Of the City NM, which the Levy uouE y
has occupied in Building the neh
bridge over tho Erandy wibe. vas heal1
Yestt rday by the referees, Isaac B. q
lott. J. PArke Postles GaG John X
Taten, 10 The Levy Court room. Brao'
ford & Vsntegrift appeared FOR tat
povra O. Water CCmmirNinr n'r
job q. Rodney, ESQ, represented tee
Levy Couit
4us caae - one &c establish OWNERSHIP
oil the City Mil property taken l.
b1iloipg The new bridge. On the tidt
OF the y 'Riatif Il YVES thown thet In tue
will Il Thomas Sl!pley, dated In 2 30
he describsd this Rtll property a. De-
ginning at the edge Q! the highway aud
proceeding easlerly aioog the lire u tie
creek 81 tuet TO IA pctnt 70 feet be5 Ola
the .aste.ly end oil the Mill Ffsck Il
Care vel! architect, shu had been crn
ployed ty counsel for tue plaintiff t.
verify te,s measurement, testified thht
he had made measurement al II,
prem ises from the po!n. fIei by the
will ard fcuud the westerly ere Z the
property to coincide with the lint OF tie
old bridge abytcaent, and to tlcladt
that pe-.ion OF 4hT stte involved In the
disputo.
j wesley Hawkins testified 20 hry
ing known tha cid mill property siacs
1870. There had been no ad5i Ions Il
1t. W.n. T, 70. ter test tied that he had
been familiar with the mill for ~
years. There had been no Changes
mxde Coiopo Feblger ALEC tectitiso &c
there bsing 10 hanges made In the nil.
for Dsay yeSTe
M Rodney. Tor the Levy Conf, In
trocucsC az evt ieuce M act OF 1861 au
thorsg nR the laying OF E.Ig's hign
way nom the s&atioD, near Caster, u
the Brandy WINS creek. By this nc. the
line OF the ron WAS traced to he uorE
eide o. Size cree,s aud take a. on tb'
south slda, bat the exscl pointa OF cor
tact could not nc dehBttely aS srtal leo
r. said, uucer cross-hxaminstiou,t tina
the variation Of the compass from loot
attraction and 3fLer GAUGES iTerven lE .
since tao original survey would preves
nearer approximation to the urigtuc,
contae. with .As creek than.Ae2 fea.
AZ lsvt.s al Two Old resicents y
Brand wins H1ndred were Introduce
TO prove that the :astsnipas o: forps
brf0gs sete ina tscued IN tue foC ndAtloi u
OF that portton ct be mill claimed 1,
the LsTy CouI- snd that there ioEmer .
had Esaa ros@Way between ne IND ;.
the MI, and The AoGtRsnts Of u,
wooden hrijSs which existed thSl'
previors t1 l6V~. Is wac slsJ sho~I
that tha orilgC bQ!lt to rsrlscs III
chaiE Hioge u 81 was swept away Il
1922 wa but,t c. the same aau'menta
To AHA toe ieseudsnts raf lied h.
showing hy.Sn tct OF 1852 tas huc
highGLya were - be not lsGs than ioIt!
feet wide, and that the approaches =
bridge -bould n0t BE- lees tnsa tweiv
fset. h.kC shAJ t1s--e was an act N sk!.
II an iANlcGShle 81 .euae for aEy enc |,
enc.orcb an tho &lHG's highway. !; va
shown, toe, thaG the wing wal on ~
west siGh q tAs sgIth approach UEs
p'rmapsut part Of the various bridge
hpo TIE N; soaCheG 10 IL, a neEsC re-
mspt d the wiiia 3f the Apr ach, be
S,nnir RI ibe wSeter.E tcge CT hi
waii, gave ths fuli width OF the legal,
Constituted opp3CSch 10 the bridge.
Evidence mere ciose5. A decis. 81
7E!ll be rendered by the referees to G2 ;